STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Charges against a school superintendent accused of misleading authorities in their investigation into the rape of a girl by two high school football players have been dismissed following his resignation.
Jury selection in the trial of suspended Steubenville schools superintendent Mike McVey was to begin Monday. But the Ohio Attorney General’s office has agreed to dismiss all pending charges against him following his resignation.
McVey had pleaded not guilty to felony charges of obstructing justice and tampering with evidence. He had been accused of destroying data related to the school’s investigation of the August 2012 rape of the 16-year-old West Virginia girl.
McVey’s attorney Charles Bean confirmed the resignation and the dropped charges.
The two football players served time in state juvenile detention and are now free.
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Wouldn’t it be terrific if serious charges were dropped so quickly against others if they just changed jobs? (ain’t gonna happen unless they belong to the “good old boys” club)
Well you wouldn’t want people to get the idea that obstruction of justice is a bad thing when it’s done for the worthy cause of covering up a sexual assault of a minor by star football players. Because football.
Ain’t that America?
-John Cougar
I sure hope for the sake of the careers of the people who made this deal that they didn’t put any of their discussions in writing. Betcha he keeps his pension.
An exchange during a Dean Martin Roast:
Don Rickles: “Where were you born, Youngstown?”
Martin: “Steubenville.”
Rickles: “That’s better?”